Japan – The cookbook

A Japanese cookbook that doubles as a sculptural object, Japan: The Cookbook by Nancy Singleton Hachisu is Phaidon's definitive collection of home cooking from one of the world's most revered culinary cultures. The cover reads like a length of pale bamboo, its fine vertical striations catching the light in warm gold and honey tones, with the title set vertically in slim black capitals and a black spine framing one edge.

Inside are more than 400 recipes, iconic and regional, organised by course across fifteen chapters: soups, noodles, rices, pickles, one-pots, sweets and vegetables, each simple and elegant and accompanied by the author's insightful notes. Tempura, teppanyaki and ramen are demystified for the home kitchen, with photography that lets the dishes speak for themselves. Weighty and generously scaled, this culinary book earns its place flat on a kitchen island, stacked on a coffee table beside a ceramic bowl, or standing spine-out on an open shelf, where its bamboo-like surface sits naturally within japandi, wabi-sabi and warm minimalist interiors.

• Author: Nancy Singleton Hachisu
• Publisher: Phaidon
• Recipes: more than 400, in 15 chapters by course
• Dimensions: 19.5 × 28 cm
• Weight: 1.500 kg
• Brand: Chulo
• Tags: Food & Drinks
• GTIN: PH1025